Ai Mac Menu Bar Apps

AI-powered applications and machine learning tools.

Be My Ears

System-wide live captions and real-time translation for any audio on your Mac, completely on-device

AI Audio Utilities Productivity

CaptionSnap

CaptionSnap

Meeting caption capture tool that saves Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet transcripts locally without audio recording

Productivity Meeting AI Paid

Claude Account Switcher

Switch between multiple Claude Code and Codex CLI accounts from the Mac menu bar with live usage metrics and automatic failover. (Free, open-source)

Developer AI Open Source Free

CodexBar

Free menu bar app to track API usage for Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, and 60+ other AI tools, with reset timers. MIT license.

Developer AI Utilities Open Source Free

Claude Usage Systray

Real-time Claude.ai plan usage monitoring in the macOS menu bar

AI Developer Utilities Open Source

Confirmo

AI coding companion desktop pet designed for Claude Code users, providing an interactive menu bar presence for developer workflows.

Productivity development AI Utilities

Cotypist

AI-powered word prediction that accelerates typing across your Mac while maintaining your unique writing voice

AI Writing Productivity

Criticly

AI-powered critical thinking toolkit that helps refine ideas and analyze text across any application. Eight specialized tools for distilling, evaluating, and expanding content.

AI Productivity Utilities Writing Paid

DragTime

Create timers, reminders, and calendar events with a simple menu bar drag. Learns your habits on-device for private time management.

Timer Productivity Calendar & Time Utilities AI Paid

Endel

Science-backed personalized soundscapes for focus, relaxation, and sleep, adapting in real-time to your environment and activity

Audio Productivity Health & Wellness AI

FireWally

Free Mac firewall with Apple Intelligence. See what apps connect to internet in plain English. Monitor traffic, block connections with one click.

Security Network Free Utilities AI

Headroom

A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that displays real-time Claude Code usage metrics including session and weekly limits, context window fill, and cost tracking.

Developer AI Utilities Open Source Free

Heliotype

Heliotype

Menu bar meeting recorder that captures audio locally without a bot, auto-names recordings from calendar events, and generates speaker-labeled transcripts

Productivity AI Meeting Paid

Kerlig

AI-powered writing assistant for Mac that lives in your menu bar. Draft emails, fix grammar, summarize documents, and translate text without switching apps.

Productivity Writing AI Utilities Paid

LlamaBarn

Run local AI language models directly from your menu bar with one-click simplicity

AI Productivity developer-tools Utilities Free

Macuse

Give your AI assistant control over native Mac apps through natural conversation. MCP-compatible tool for automating Calendar, Mail, Notes, and any macOS application.

AI Productivity Utilities Developer

Meeting Mind

Automatically detects and records Zoom meetings with AI-powered transcription and summaries, all processed locally on your Mac

AI Productivity Utilities

MergeMole

A macOS menu bar app that triages GitHub pull requests by AI-generated priority and effort scores, with one-line summaries and review status — all processed on-device.

Developer AI Free Open Source

Mimir

Open-source menu bar app that shows real-time usage limits and reset countdowns for AI coding tools: Claude, Codex, Gemini, and Antigravity.

AI Developer Free Open Source

MiniWhisper

Ultra-fast, local voice-to-text transcription powered by Apple Silicon chips

AI Productivity Utilities Free

Moxie

Moxie

Menu bar app for Claude Code that connects multiple AI provider accounts—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama—and enables mid-task account switching when usage limits are hit, with API keys stored in macOS Keychain.

AI Developer Utilities

OpenCode Stats

A free macOS menu bar app that shows OpenCode AI usage statistics at a glance, including daily spend, session history, token breakdown, and per-project costs.

Developer AI Utilities Open Source Free

Orchard

Transform any MCP-compatible AI assistant into your personal macOS automation powerhouse

Productivity AI Utilities

Osaurus

Osaurus

Native macOS AI agent harness supporting local and cloud models with persistent memory, autonomous execution, and cryptographic identity. Apple Silicon only, MIT licensed.

AI Developer Open Source Free

Paraspeech

Ultra-fast, 100% offline speech-to-text app that turns your voice into text at 165 WPM with complete privacy

Productivity AI Utilities Writing

Poke Gate

Bridge between Poke AI assistant and Mac via secure WebSocket tunnel

AI Developer Open Source Utilities

Prism

Switch Claude Code API providers with one click from your menu bar. No more manual config editing - just click to instantly swap between AI providers.

Developer Utilities AI Open Source Free

Prompty

Organize and reuse AI prompts from the menu bar with instant search, templates, dynamic variables, and personal API key support.

AI Productivity Free

PromptBar

Open-source Mac menu bar app that puts any AI chat interface one keystroke away — supports web-based chats and OpenAI-compatible API endpoints with a built-in prompt library.

AI Productivity Free Open Source

Quotio

A native macOS menu bar app that consolidates multiple AI coding assistant accounts into a unified command center with real-time quota monitoring and one-click CLI configuration.

Developer AI Utilities Productivity Open Source Free

ScreenML

AI-powered screenshot naming that automatically generates descriptive filenames based on content

Screenshot & OCR AI Utilities Productivity

ScreenSnapAI

AI-powered screenshot companion that automatically names, organizes, and lets you chat with your screen captures. Smart screenshot management with instant AI insights.

Productivity Utilities AI Screenshot & OCR Paid

Sidekick

Access multiple AI models via keyboard shortcut with a lightweight menu bar chat interface that uses your own API keys

AI Productivity Utilities

SimplyTrack

Privacy-focused time tracking that monitors your app and website usage automatically, with AI-powered insights and local-only data storage

Productivity Timer AI Open Source Free

SkillKeeper

SkillKeeper

Menu bar token usage monitor for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI that tracks per-session costs, alerts on expensive sessions, and provides skill editing and browsing from the skills.sh store.

Developer AI Utilities Paid

Snippetbar

Run custom AI prompts on any copied text right from your Mac menu bar with OpenAI integration

AI Productivity Utilities Clipboard Paid

SpendBar

Menu bar app that tracks Anthropic and OpenAI API costs in real time with budget alerts and local-first, private data storage.

AI Finance Paid

Spokenly

Spokenly

Voice-to-text dictation app with local AI processing, offline support, and 100+ languages

Productivity AI Utilities Paid

SwiftBiu

SwiftBiu

Floating toolbar for text actions and AI-powered formatting that appears on text selection across all applications

Productivity AI Utilities Writing Paid

Text Lens

Extract text from anywhere on your screen with OCR. Scan images, videos, PDFs, or presentations and instantly convert to editable text with offline privacy.

Productivity Utilities Screenshot & OCR AI Paid

TokenBar

TokenBar

macOS menu bar app for live AI usage, credits, and reset timing across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, and other tools. Sold by Aura Technologies.

Developer AI Utilities Paid

Tokenscope

A free, open-source macOS menu bar dashboard that monitors Claude Code token usage, costs, and session activity from local logs without network access.

Developer AI Open Source Free

Translate Like Me

Translate Like Me

Free open-source Mac translation tool that replaces selected text in-place with a translation matching your personal writing style, using Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok as the translation engine.

Writing AI Open Source Free

TrueLAN

A Mac menu bar AI translator with OCR screenshot translation supporting 8 languages including Chinese variants, English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Russian.

AI Utilities Productivity Paid

TypoTab

An AI writing assistant that lives in your menu bar, helping you write faster with custom prompts, grammar refinement, and tone adjustments that work in any macOS app

Productivity Writing AI Paid

UsageNow

UsageNow

Free open-source menu bar monitor for 15+ AI coding tool usage limits including Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI, showing reset times, credits, 30-day activity charts, and cost estimates—all stored locally.

Developer AI Utilities Free Open Source

VibeProxy

Free, open-source macOS menu bar app routing AI coding tool requests through your existing Claude Code, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscriptions — no API keys needed.

Developer AI Open Source Free

VoiceInk

Privacy-first voice transcription that runs entirely offline on Apple Silicon. Turn speech into text in 100+ languages without your voice ever leaving your Mac.

AI Productivity Writing Utilities Paid

VoiceNotes

AI-powered voice recording that transcribes, summarizes, and lets you search your thoughts in 100+ languages

AI Note Taking Productivity Paid

Vox

On-device AI voice dictation for Mac that transcribes speech locally using Whisper, with no cloud processing, no account required, and automatic text cleanup.

Writing AI Free

VRAM Pro

Manual GPU memory control for Apple Silicon Macs. Allocate unified memory to GPU tasks for AI workloads, video editing, and 3D rendering without touching the terminal.

System Tools Utilities Developer AI Paid

WunderType

A system-wide AI text correction and rewriting tool for macOS that transforms selected text in any app via keyboard shortcut, supporting on-device and cloud AI providers.

Writing AI Paid